High-risk television

Dear Hipster:

What should I watch on TV this week? Guide me.

— Hilary

Since everything TV becomes meaningless when Game of Thrones comes back on the air next month, I suggest you go for broke and check out Powers on the PlayStation Network. I’m no fanboy, but Powers was a groundbreaking comic book in the early double-aughts, and this show could either be the best thing ever or a weird experience we’d all rather forget. Time will tell. This may or may not entice you, but Powers stars Eddie Izzard (the “executive” transvestite) and Sharlto Copley (the guy from District 9 who got turned into an alien for no good reason whatsoever.) I’m 99 percent sure it streams on the internet somewhere if, like the vast majority of us, you don’t have access to the PlayStation Network.